([January] 2006)

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Volume
17
Price
49.99 USD; 69.99 CAD
Pages
204
Indicia Frequency
?
On-sale Date
2005-11-30
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
DC Comics
Brand
DC Comics
ISBN
1-4012-0417-1 Search at WorldCat
Barcode
761941224718 01711
Editing
Dale Crain

Issue Notes

Some data supplied by Scott Nichols. Credits from Cat Yronwode's and Dave Schreiner's articles in the Kitchen Sink Spirit magazines and comics.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

The Spirit / cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Will Eisner
Inks
Will Eisner
Colors
Jamison
Letters
Abe Kanegson

Genre
adventure
Characters
The Spirit; Ellen Dolan; Commissioner Dolan
Reprints

Introduction (Table of Contents: 1)

The Spirit / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Bob Andelman
Pencils
Will Eisner
Inks
?
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
biography
Keywords
criticism

Cromlech Was a Nature Boy! (Table of Contents: 2)

The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Will Eisner
Pencils
Andre Leblanc
Inks
Andre Leblanc
Colors
Jamison
Letters
Abe Kanegson

Genre
adventure
Characters
Ebony; Cromlech (introduction); Deadbeat McCoy; Moolah
Synopsis
Two criminals get out of jail and search for the loot they buried long ago. Ebony and Cromlech walk in the woods and have an altercation with said crooks. The Spirit does not appear.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

based on the Nat King Cole recording of Eden Ahbez's song. In this volume, the title is given as "Cromlech Was a Boy" in the text added to the top of the story's first page. The title in the book's Table of Contents reads "Cromlech Was a Nature Boy."

The Springtime of Dolan (Table of Contents: 3)

The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Will Eisner
Pencils
Will Eisner; Andre LeBlanc (assist, backgrounds)
Inks
Will Eisner; Andre LeBlanc (assist, backgrounds)
Colors
Jamison
Letters
Abe Kanegson

Genre
adventure
Characters
Ward Healy; Klink; Dolan; Spirit; Widder Walker; Stuffer Balot; Ellen; Ebony
Synopsis
Dolan falls in love with Widder Walker and determines to marry her and retire from the police force.
Reprints

Barkarolle (Table of Contents: 4)

The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Will Eisner
Pencils
Will Eisner; Andre LeBlanc (assist, backgrounds)
Inks
Will Eisner; Andre LeBlanc (assist, backgrounds)
Colors
Jamison
Letters
Abe Kanegson

Genre
adventure
Characters
Roger the Dog; Ebony; Sven Galli; Dolan; Spirit; Mr. Bowser
Synopsis
"from the Tales of Arfman by Jaques Arfenbark". Sven Galli trains his dogs to steal purses. Ebony is given the task of apprehending him but discovers his own dog, Roget, is involved.
Reprints

The Thing (Table of Contents: 5)

The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Ambrose Bierce; Will Eisner (adaptation)
Pencils
Will Eisner (1,7); Jerry Grandenetti (2-6)
Inks
Jerry Grandenetti
Colors
Jamison
Letters
Abe Kanegson

Genre
adventure
Characters
Spirit; Ebony
Synopsis
The Spirit reads "The Thing" by Ambrose Bierce to Ebony. Pretty much a straight adaptation.
Reprints

The Eisner Travel Agency (Table of Contents: 6)

The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Will Eisner
Pencils
Will Eisner; Andre LeBlanc (assist, backgrounds)
Inks
Will Eisner; Andre LeBlanc (assist, backgrounds)
Colors
Jamison
Letters
Abe Kanegson

Genre
adventure
Characters
Spirit; Octopus; Mr Carrion; City of Caramba; Ebony; Gass Tocsen
Synopsis
The Crooks are having a convention in Caramba
Reprints

Indexer Notes

sequel to 11/10/46 and 11/17/46 Spirit stories. In this volume, the title reads "The Eisner Tavel [sic] Agency" in the text added to the top of the story's first page (correct in the Table of Contents).

A Day at the Beach (Table of Contents: 7)

The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Will Eisner
Pencils
Will Eisner; Andre LeBlanc (assist, backgrounds)
Inks
Will Eisner; Andre LeBlanc (assist, backgrounds)
Colors
Jamison
Letters
Abe Kanegson

Genre
adventure
Characters
P.S.; Ebony; Spirit; Dolan; Ellen
Synopsis
Somebody has a dream that Dolan is King Neptune and tries to feed P.S. to the fish, but was it P.S., the Spirit or Dolan?
Reprints

Junior President Election (Table of Contents: 8)

The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Will Eisner; Jules Feiffer ?
Pencils
Will Eisner
Inks
Andre Leblanc
Colors
Jamison
Letters
Abe Kanegson

Genre
adventure
Characters
P.S.; Ebony; Beanie; Skinny; Scratchie Parlay
Synopsis
P.S. runs for Junior President of the U.S. against Scratchie Parlay, whose father is a gambler. Bets are placed and kidnappings are de rigeur.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

P. S.'s last name given as Smith.

The Fall of the House of Usher (Table of Contents: 9)

The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Edgar Allan Poe; Will Eisner (adaptation)
Pencils
Will Eisner (page 1); Jerry Grandenetti (pages 2-7)
Inks
Jerry Grandenetti
Colors
Jamison
Letters
Abe Kanegson

Genre
adventure
Characters
Spirit; Ebony
Synopsis
The Spirit reads "the Fall of the House of Usher" to Ebony.
Reprints

The Prisoner of Donjon (Table of Contents: 10)

The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Will Eisner
Pencils
Will Eisner; Andre LeBlanc (assist, backgrounds)
Inks
Will Eisner; Andre LeBlanc (assist, backgrounds)
Colors
Jamison
Letters
Abe Kanegson

Genre
adventure
Characters
Spirit; Dolan; Klink; Docket; Snarl; Simon Smudge; Redtape
Synopsis
When the old prison is knocked down a prisoner is found in the basement who swears he's been there since 1911. Trouble is,the records don't go back that far.
Reprints

The Story of Gerhard Shnobble (Table of Contents: 11)

The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Will Eisner
Pencils
Will Eisner
Inks
Andre LeBlanc
Colors
Jamison
Letters
Abe Kanegson

Genre
adventure
Characters
Gerhard Shnobble (introduction); Spirit; Dolan; Klink
Synopsis
Gerhard, a mere nobody, discovers he can fly. But still nobody notices him. Not even the Spirit.
Reprints

Cache McStash (Table of Contents: 12)

The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Will Eisner
Pencils
Will Eisner; Andre LeBlanc (assist, backgrounds)
Inks
Will Eisner; Andre LeBlanc (assist, backgrounds)
Colors
Jamison
Letters
Abe Kanegson

Genre
adventure
Characters
Ebony; Genius K. Brown; Crabnich; Dolan; Spirit
Synopsis
Smuggler McStash has hidden his loot, and only someone smart enough to break his code can find it. Enter Ebony's school chum, Genius K. Brown
Reprints

Lorelei Rox (Table of Contents: 13)

The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Will Eisner
Pencils
Will Eisner
Inks
Will Eisner
Colors
Jamison
Letters
Abe Kanegson

Genre
adventure
Characters
Spirit; Dolan; Lorelei Rox; Blacky Marquett; Boss Wheeler
Synopsis
Like the sirens of old, Lorelei lures truckers to their doom.
Reprints

Ace McCase (Table of Contents: 14)

The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Will Eisner
Pencils
Will Eisner
Inks
Will Eisner
Colors
Jamison
Letters
Abe Kanegson

Genre
adventure
Characters
Dolan; Spirit; Lizzie Pinch
Synopsis
Ace McCase stashed the loot in his house, but Ace is dead, no one knows where the loot is and the house is for rent.
Reprints

Tooty Compote (Table of Contents: 15)

The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Will Eisner
Pencils
Will Eisner
Inks
Will Eisner
Colors
Jamison
Letters
Abe Kanegson

Genre
adventure
Characters
Spirit; Tooty Compote (introduction); Claws [Slip]; The Mangles Mob
Synopsis
Tooty Compote can make people Drop Dead, just by telling them to.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

parody of Truman Capote

Gold (Table of Contents: 16)

The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Will Eisner
Pencils
Will Eisner
Inks
Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds)
Colors
Jamison
Letters
Abe Kanegson

Genre
adventure
Characters
Sam Chapparell; Omar Trent; Spirit; Dolan
Synopsis
The Spirit visits the town of Boot Camp from Sam Chapparell and his gang have been terrorizing the west for the last 80 years.
Reprints

Nazel B Twitch (Table of Contents: 17)

The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Will Eisner
Pencils
Will Eisner
Inks
Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds)
Colors
Jamison
Letters
Abe Kanegson

Genre
adventure
Characters
Nazel B. Twitch; Florence (a car); Axel Gearshift; Spirit; Dolan
Synopsis
Nazel Twitch loves his 1929 Flash. So when his wife sells it and it ends up in the hands of crooks, he gets a little peeved.
Reprints

Pancho De Bool (Table of Contents: 18)

The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Will Eisner
Pencils
Will Eisner
Inks
Will Eisner
Colors
Jamison
Letters
Abe Kanegson

Genre
adventure
Characters
Pedro; Pancho de Bool; Pepin de la Mancha; Spirit; Dolan; Nicky Smith; Garcia
Synopsis
Pancho is a talking bull. Pedro is a butcher. Pepin is a bull fighter. But he's in Central City, dead. And the Spirit's in Mexico, instead.
Reprints

The Halloween Spirit of 1948: Ellen Meets Hazel (Table of Contents: 19)

The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Will Eisner
Pencils
Will Eisner
Inks
Will Eisner
Colors
Jamison
Letters
Abe Kanegson

Genre
adventure
Characters
Hazel P MacBeth; Octopus; Ellen; Spirit; Dolan
Synopsis
Hazel gets fired from the school Halloween pageant because she won't use a wire, and then hooks up with the Octopus. But he double crosses her and then she double crosses him, and then...
Reprints
Keywords
Halloween

Indexer Notes

In this volume's Table of Contents, Halloween is spelled "Hallowe'en" for the story's title.

Plaster of Paris (Table of Contents: 20)

The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Will Eisner
Pencils
Will Eisner
Inks
Will Eisner
Colors
Jamison
Letters
Abe Kanegson

Genre
adventure
Characters
Plaster of Paris (introduction); Spirit; Inspectre Gillotine; Don Macabre
Reprints

The Chapparell Lode (Table of Contents: 21)

The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Will Eisner
Pencils
Will Eisner
Inks
Will Eisner
Colors
Jamison
Letters
Abe Kanegson

Genre
adventure
Characters
Spirit; Quirte; Dolan; Ellen
Synopsis
The Spirit, Dolan, and Ellen try to secure the deed to Boot Camp to use it as a sanitarium. But Quirte and his men are after it for the gold.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

sequel to 10/10/48 Spirit story

Quirte (Table of Contents: 22)

The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Will Eisner
Pencils
Will Eisner
Inks
Will Eisner
Colors
Jamison
Letters
Abe Kanegson

Genre
adventure
Characters
Ebony; Klink; Spirit; Ellen; Dolan; Quirte; Little Fox Hermit
Synopsis
Quirte spends Thanksgiving in the hills, with only his bag of gold dust for company. And the ghosts...
Reprints

Indexer Notes

continued from last week

The Amulet of Osiris (Table of Contents: 23)

The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Will Eisner
Pencils
Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds)
Inks
Will Eisner; Jerry Grandenetti (backgrounds)
Colors
Jamison
Letters
Abe Kanegson

Genre
adventure
Characters
Klink; Ebony; Farnum Prexy; Fleeble; Spirit
Synopsis
Prexy takes advantage of the Spirit being out of town to trick Klink into helping him steal the Amulet of Osiris.
Reprints

The Coin (Table of Contents: 24)

The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Will Eisner
Pencils
Will Eisner
Inks
Will Eisner
Colors
Jamison
Letters
Abe Kanegson

Genre
adventure
Characters
Spirit; Octopus; Dolan; Emil
Synopsis
Parody of "Give Away" radio shows.
Reprints

Two Lives (Table of Contents: 25)

The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Will Eisner
Pencils
Will Eisner
Inks
Will Eisner
Colors
Jamison
Letters
Abe Kanegson

Genre
adventure
Characters
Carboy T. Gretch; Cranfranz Gwayle; Dolan; Klink; Spirit
Synopsis
Carboy T. Gretch and Cranfranz Gwalye look exactly alike. Both are miserable where they are, so they trade lives.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

parallel stories told

The Christmas Spirit of 1948: Basher Bains (Table of Contents: 26)

The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Will Eisner
Pencils
Will Eisner
Inks
Will Eisner
Colors
Jamison
Letters
Abe Kanegson

Genre
adventure
Characters
Dolan; Ellen; Spirit; Basher Bains; Santa Claus; Teench; Franky
Synopsis
Basher Bains wants to get out of jail for Christmas, so Santa helps him.
Reprints
Keywords
Christmas

Indexer Notes

This volume mistakenly lists "Brains" instead of Bains for the story's title, in both the text added to the top of the splash page and the book's Table of Contents.

Will Eisner's Almanack of the Year (Table of Contents: 27)

The Spirit / comic story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Jules Feiffer
Pencils
Will Eisner
Inks
Will Eisner
Colors
Jamison
Letters
Abe Kanegson

Genre
adventure
Characters
Spirit; Ebony
Synopsis
A month by month recap of the Spirit's adventures of the past year, including reprints of most of the splash pages.
Reprints

Indexer Notes

This volume presents the story's title as "Will Eisner's Almanack of the Year," in both the text added to the top of the splash page and the book's Table of Contents. The story is also known as "Almanack of the Year 1948."

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Table of Contents
  1. 0. [no title indexed]
    The Spirit
  2. 1. Introduction
    The Spirit
  3. 2. Cromlech Was a Nature Boy!
    The Spirit
  4. 3. The Springtime of Dolan
    The Spirit
  5. 4. Barkarolle
    The Spirit
  6. 5. The Thing
    The Spirit
  7. 6. The Eisner Travel Agency
    The Spirit
  8. 7. A Day at the Beach
    The Spirit
  9. 8. Junior President Election
    The Spirit
  10. 9. The Fall of the House of Usher
    The Spirit
  11. 10. The Prisoner of Donjon
    The Spirit
  12. 11. The Story of Gerhard Shnobble
    The Spirit
  13. 12. Cache McStash
    The Spirit
  14. 13. Lorelei Rox
    The Spirit
  15. 14. Ace McCase
    The Spirit
  16. 15. Tooty Compote
    The Spirit
  17. 16. Gold
    The Spirit
  18. 17. Nazel B Twitch
    The Spirit
  19. 18. Pancho De Bool
    The Spirit
  20. 19. The Halloween Spirit of 1948: Ellen Meets Hazel
    The Spirit
  21. 20. Plaster of Paris
    The Spirit
  22. 21. The Chapparell Lode
    The Spirit
  23. 22. Quirte
    The Spirit
  24. 23. The Amulet of Osiris
    The Spirit
  25. 24. The Coin
    The Spirit
  26. 25. Two Lives
    The Spirit
  27. 26. The Christmas Spirit of 1948: Basher Bains
    The Spirit
  28. 27. Will Eisner's Almanack of the Year
    The Spirit
This issue was modified by, among others
  • Katie
  • Bob Hughes
  • Per Sandell
  • Adam Spector
  • Jim Stangas
  • Jim Van Dore